Georgia K.MP.7
The Standard
Look for and make use of structure.
Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards · Display perseverance and patience in problem-solving. Demonstrate skills and strategies needed to succeed in mathematics, including critical thinking, reasoning, and effective collaboration and expression. Seek help and apply feedback. Set and monitor goals.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students notice groups, repeated parts, and familiar arrangements in numbers, shapes, and patterns. They use those features to solve problems and explain what they noticed.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student recognizes five and two more on a ten-frame as seven without recounting each dot. The student can identify a repeating part and explain how it continues.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may count every object even when clear groups are shown. They may focus on color or size instead of arrangement, or call any sequence a pattern.
How to Assess It
- Show a ten-frame with eight dots. Ask, "How many dots are there, and how did the arrangement help you know?"
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Build quantities on ten-frames with counters, then circle the groups that make each total easy to see.
Show two arrangements of six dots and ask students which arrangement is easier to count and why.
Play What's Missing by hiding one item in a repeating pattern and having students name and replace it.
Find objects arranged in rows, pairs, or groups around the classroom, then draw and label each arrangement.
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